I friend called one of my friends at around 12:30pm today to say that Precious has had the new cygnet out for a swim, but not in any of the public areas (such as holding pond). They saw Precious with the cygnet, go from the nest to the other side of the wetlands, and then just barely on the shore - Precious put himself between the cygnet and the open lagoon, so the cygnet stayed right by the wetland shore. Nice to know all's OK. Precious really IS an incredible mate and father!